NC High School Wrestling Finals Results

WINSTON-SALEM ­ Four-time defending champion Cary made it five state team titles in a row in convincing fashion on Saturday night in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4-A wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Cary, under veteran coach Jerry Winterton, placed four wrestlers in the championship matches and went on to record 126.5 points, ahead of Davie County in second place with 98. All four Cary wrestlers in the finals earned state titles, including Ben Creed at 103 pounds, Gabe Brotzman at 152, Matthew Colvard at 160 and heavyweight Eloheim Palma. Palma, a senior and one of the top ranked wrestlers in the nation, completed a perfect 62-0 season.

The Imps won the dual team championship earlier this month and have now captured six of the last seven NCHSAA tournament titles.

Concord Jay Robinson was third in the team standings with 78.5 points, just ahead of Hope Mills South View with 77. Fayetteville Pine Forest was fifth with 68 points and Fayetteville Seventy-First sixth at 58.5 and Fayetteville Jack Britt seventh at 55 in a strong showing by Cumberland County teams.

Chapel Hill¹s Corey Mock won the 135-pound title to become only the seventh four-time champion in NCHSAA history and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships.

Wendy's is the presenting sponsor for the NCHSAA sports program, and the event was sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem.

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3-A

WINSTON-SALEM -- Winston-Salem Parkland rolled to its third straight team state championship on Saturday night in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Parkland, which also won the NCHSAA dual team title earlier this month, scored a total of 148 points to 99 for runner-up Hickory St. Stephens.

Trinity was third at 93 points, followed by Mooresville with 84 and Jamestown Ragsdale with 78.5.

Parkland¹s strength in the middle weights was evident as five Parkland wrestlers made it to the state final in their respective weight classes. Luis Ramos (140), Desean Grimes-Hines (152) and Marciano Ali (160) earned individual state championships for Parkland, with Ali finishing with a perfect 65-0 record on the season.

Jamestown Ragsdale¹s Jacob Creed, the 135-pound champion and one of two Ragsdale individual titlists‹-Brandon Hodges at 130 was the other-‹was the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships.

Wendy's is the presenting sponsor for the NCHSAA sports program, and the event was sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem.

WINSTON-SALEM ­ Orange held off Newport Croatan on Saturday night to take the team title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1-A/2-A state wrestling tournament championships at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Defending champion Orange, which also won the 2-A dual team title earlier in the month, had three wrestlers in the finals while Croatan had only Ryan Blackwell, who won the 112-pound title. But all three Panthers came through to win individual state titles for Orange and secure the team crown, including Chris Johnson at 125, James Norman at 130 and Remington Jarrett at 145.

Seven teams were within nine points of one another at the top of the standings after Friday¹s opening rounds of competition.

Ashe County¹s Aaron Scott, the 140-pound champion, was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the championships. Wendy's is the presenting sponsor for the NCHSAA sports program, and the event is sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem.

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